It’s a crisis hidden in plain sight, as about 20 percent of people in the United States cannot read at all and 50 percent of adults can’t read to pass an eighth-grade level. An organization is looking to change those numbers when it comes to adult illiteracy.
Best Life: New program to help adults learn how to read
Best Life: New program to help adults learn how to read By Ivanhoe Broadcast News | March 8, 2021 at 7:36 AM CST - Updated March 8 at 5:04 PM
CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) â Itâs a crisis hidden in plain sight, about 20 percent of people in the United States cannot read at all and 50 percent of adults canât read past an eighth-grade level. An organization is looking to change the numbers when it comes to adult illiteracy.
From high unemployment, low wages, even poor health care.
âPeople who canât read have all kinds of troubles in life that you might not even think of,â Joanne Telser-Frere, Director of Program Development at Literacy Chicago told Ivanhoe.